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Although August averaged warmer than usual, it got off to a cool start.

Aug. 2 set a new daily temperature record at Hanford for the coolest high temperature for the date.

The high was 74, beating the previous record of 75 set in 1956, according to the Hanford Meteorology Station, which keeps daily records back to the mid-1940s.

June, July and August averaged 76.1 degrees at Hanford, which was 1.9 degrees above normal.

There were 65 days through August this year with temperatures greater than 90, compared with the average of 49 days through August. However, the 13 days with temperatures greater than 100 through August matches the average.

In August the average temperature in the Tri-Cities was 77.5 degrees, which was 2.4 degrees above normal.